Peg the donkey man rules Brackenridge Park rides
In San Antonio Brackenridge Park the Rotary Club burros run daily from 3 until dark with Peg the wooden legged man guiding the youngsters. Children adore Peg and the burros while he enforces cleanliness and orderly riding with soap and towels kept at the bathhouse.
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HBO
Brackenridge Park
San Antonio
Municipal Playground
Peg
Rotary Club
Birdie
Mamma
Evangel
Nuxated Iron Promises New Age of Strength and Beauty
New York reports a surge of Nuxated Iron or Fer Nuxate touted as organic iron. Doctors claim it builds vigor and strength, with tests suggesting doubled endurance in days. Advertisers urge two five grain tablets daily after meals for two weeks to gauge gains.
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New York
N. Y
Ferdinand King
America
E. Sauer
Boston
Schuyler C. Jaques
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
New York City
Europe
H. L. Wagner
Women to Enlist as Bluejackets in World War I
Washington Navy officials plan allowing women to enlist as bluejackets for shore duty. They would operate wireless and telegraph gear, perform clerical work, and produce garments for troops. Women volunteers pledge to supply garments with material provided by the public, sending items directly to soldiers.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
War
Navy Department
United States
Washington
War and Navy Departments
Barley bread gains traction in Sweden despite bread card
Introduction of bread cards in Sweden prompts a barley bread revival. Barley flour bread, sold without cards, begins appearing in several railway restaurants.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Defective Piano Prompt Leads to Exchange Request
A Yonkers Statesman item notes a man in a music store seeks to swap a piano after discovering a defect. He wants a model with two soft pedals instead of the single soft pedal piano he purchased. The exchange hinges on the single failing feature.
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Yonkers Statesman
Porto Ricans Optimistic Despite Low Wages and Hard Times
Commissioner Lawson E. Evans of the U S Immigration Service Porto Rico district describes Porto Rican workers as the happiest on earth though meals are simple. He notes low wages from 40 cents to a dollar a day, rising costs for food and clothing, and a strong desire for schooling amid rapid English adoption. He cites gardening tricks against pests, dense population on 3200 square mile island, and a land of rich soils with sugar, grapefruit, oranges, and pineapples.
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Washington, D. C
Lawson E. Evans
Porto Rico
United States Immigration Service
Evans
Washington
United States
Peon
Tropics
Juan
Changre Bug
Maryland
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Relief for Indigestion
Time it! Pape's Diapepsin will sweeten a sour stomach within five minutes. If meals cause discomfort or heartburn, take a fifty-cent dose from the pharmacist. The remedy neutralizes excess acid, stops sour risings, belching, and gas, and relieves nausea and headaches.
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Pape
Aliens could gain citizenship favor in wartime policy
Washington reports that if foreign restrictions are needed during war, declarations of intent to become citizens will receive due consideration. Government hints no internment of German nationals in the U S while laws are obeyed, as citizenship applications surge amid deteriorating relations with Germany. Demographic notes cite 150000 German citizens in the U S and 8,282,618 people of German stock in 1910.
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Washington
State Department
Labor Department
United States
Germany
America
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Cleanse
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative to calomel for liver and bowel cleansing. It claims calomel harms bones and causes sickness, urging readers to use the 50 cent bottle with a money back guarantee and noting widespread calomel decline.
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Dodson
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